Display device



June 13, 1961 A. A. ANTHONY 2,937,843

DISPLAY DEVICE Filed July 14, 1958 INVENTOR ATTORNEY United States Patent 2,987,843 DISPLAY DEVICE Alva A. Anthony, Piqua, Ohio, assiguor to Gustave Miller, Washington, DC. Filed July 14, 1958, Ser. No. 748,275 1 Claim. (Cl. 41-10) This invention relates to a display device, and it particularly relates to a display device for baby shoes and the like.

Heretofore, when people desired to preserve baby shoes, they usually had them bronzed or metalized. However, after such treatment, the shoes are really no longer shoes but metfllic objects and their original personality, if shoes can be considered to have a personality, is lost. If, on the other hand, the shoes can be displayed in substantially their original form, the feeling or attained personality of the shoes are retained; in other words, when one looks at them, he can see them as shoes and not metal statues of shoes.

It is one object of the present invention to provide a device for displaying the shoes in substantially their original form while yet keeping them preserved against wear and decay.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a device of the above type which is simple in construction and not easily broken.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a device of the above type which can be easily assembled and disassembled.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide an improved display device, of the character described, that is easily and economically produced, which is sturdy in construction, and which is highly efiicient in operation.

With the above and related objects in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of parts, as will be more fully understood from the following description, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of an assembly embodying the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 2-2 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary view, partly in section and partly in elevation, taken on line 3--3 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 55 of FIG. 4.

Referring in greater detail to the drawing wherein similar reference characters refer to similar parts, there is shown a display device, generally designated 10, which comprises a base 12, of generally square or rectangular configuration, and a transparent dome or housing 14 which is set on the base 12.

The base 12 may be constructed of any desirable material such as ceramic, plastic, wood, metal, stone or the like, and is provided with an upper and lower generally flat surface. On the upper surface of the base 12 there is provided an annular groove 16. The housing 14 is constructed of glass or a clear plastic. It is domed on top and is provided with an open bottom having a rim 18 defining it. This rim 18 frictionally engages within the annular groove 16 in the base 12. In this manner, the housing 14 can be easily engaged with and released from the base 12.

On the upper, inner surface of the domed portion of housing 14 is provided a recess defined by an 21 1 bead 20. Adapted to be fixedly secured within this recess in any desired conventional manner is the upper end of a rod 22, the lower end of which is threaded at 24 and is adapted to be engaged within a threaded opening 26 in the base 12. By this construction, when it is desired to place an article to be displayed on the rod 22, it is merely necessary to remove the housing 14 from base 12, position the article on the rod and then lower the housing and rod until the lower threaded end 24 of the rod enters the opening 26 at which time the base can be rotated relative to the rod until the threaded engagement of end 24 in opening 26 is complete. if shoes which may be covered with a clear lacquer to preserve them in their natural condition, such as shown at 28, are to be inserted in the device, the rod 22 is first thrust through corresponding holes in the shoes 28, washers or collars, providing article supporting means, such as shown at 30, are positioned on the rod 22 under each shoe, and then the housing and the rod, with the shoes mounted thereon, is placed on the base in the manner described above.

After the rod 22, with the shoes 28 mounted thereon, has been placed into the device in the manner described above (and as shown in FIG. 1), a clear lacquer or similar sealing means is placed around the rim 18 or in the groove 16 so that the bottom of the housing 14 is sealed against the base 12. This prevents access of the air to the shoes so that the shoes are thereafter maintained in a highly preserved condition within the device.

Although this invention has been described in considerabie detail, such description is intended as being illustrative rather than limiting, since the invention may be variously embodied, and tne scope of the invention is to be determined as claimed.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of this invention, what is claimed is:

A display device comprising a fiat top base having an annular groove in the top surface thereof, a transparent dome shaped housing removably positioned on said base, a rod having one end fixedly secured in a recess in a. protuberance on the interior of the top of said dome shaped end of the housing, means supporting an article to be displayed on said rod intermediate its end and spaced above said base, said article supporting means comprising a collar fixed on and surrounding said rod, said rod being arranged to extend through the article supported on said 00118.1, the other end of said housing being open, said open end seating in said groove, the other end of said rod being threaded, said base having a threaded opening positioned at the center or said annular groove to accommodate said threaded end, and a lacquer film sprayed about the juncture of said open end of said housing, with said groove sealing the interior of said housing in air tight relation with said base.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,741,692 Garaja Dec. 31, 1929 1,781,983 Koch Nov. 18, 1930 2,254,802 Gill Sept. 2, 1941 2,772,500 Cole et a1. Dec. 4, 1956 

